With a power score of 1.99, Botswana ranks number 54 among Emerging markets and number 16 in Africa.
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Botswana has a power score of 1.99, which puts it at rank 54 in the Emerging Markets power ranking. The power score of Botswana is higher than the average of 1.91 in Africa.
In the chart above all geographies within the region are arranged by power score from left to right. The circles are sized based on the population.
Botswana implements policies in 3/8 categories tracked by Climatescope; Renewable energy target, Auctions/tenders (utility-scale), and Support for customer-sited generation (rooftop and self-consumption)
The average electricity price in Botswana has increased from ~$107/MWh in 2023 to ~$111/MWh in 2024. Since 2019, the average electricity price in Botswana has fluctuated between ~$107/MWh in 2023 and ~$120/MWh in 2021.
The top amount of capacity installed in Botswana in 2024 was in Coal at 732MW.
The technology with the largest share of electricity generated in Botswana in 2024 was Coal at 3.16TWh, up from 2.63TWh in 2023.
Investment in clean energy in Botswana was around $62.40M in 2024. This amounts to an increase of around 65% from $37.80M in 2023.
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